Temperament

Word TEMPERAMENT
Character 11
Hyphenation tem per a ment
Pronunciations /ˈtɛmpəɹmənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Temperament"

What do we mean by temperament?

The manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting characteristic of a specific person: synonym: disposition. noun

The distinguishing mental and physical characteristics of a human according to medieval physiology, resulting from dominance of one of the four humors. noun

Excessive irritability or sensitiveness. noun

To constitute as regards temperament.

State with respect to the relative proportion of qualities or constituent parts; constitution; mixture of opposite or different qualities; a condition resulting from the blending of various qualities. noun

That individual peculiarity of physical organization by which the manner of acting, feeling, and thinking of every person is permanently affected: as, a phlegmatic temperament; a sanguine temperament; the artistic temperament. noun

A middle course or an arrangement reached by mutual concession, as by a tempering of extreme claims on either side; adjustment of conflicting influences, as passions, interests, or doctrines, or the means by which such adjustment is effected; compromise. noun

Condition as to heat or cold; temperature. noun

In music, the principle or system of tuning in accordance with which the tones of an instrument of fixed intonation are tuned, or those of the voice or of an instrument of free intonation are modulated in a given case. noun

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts. noun

Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions. noun

The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected. noun

Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature. noun

A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale, C♯ becoming identical with D♭, and so on. noun

The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament. noun

That in which the variations from mathematically true pitch are distributed among all the keys alike. noun

That in which the variations are thrown into the keys least used. noun

A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions. noun

A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.

Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.

A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.

A tendency to become irritable or angry.

The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.

Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.

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The word "temperament" in example sentences

The Latin temperament is “Hot,” wide eyed and accentuated with drama, which makes pouring a cup of coffee feel like a grand finale … ❋ Unknown (2009)

The link there has been that -- that what we call temperament, which is the early basic wiring and propensity for infants to act in a very distinctive way at birth, does have, for two of the temperaments that we studied with brain imaging a genetic component. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The easiest way to experience a change in temperament is to wait. ❋ Unknown (1994)

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